Gliese 12

Gliese 12

Artist's impression of Gliese 12 and its planet (foreground)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces[1]
Right ascension 00h 15m 49.24231s[2]
Declination +13° 33′ 22.3163″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.6[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type M4V[4]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.600±0.04[3]
Apparent magnitude (R) 12.296±0.08[3]
Apparent magnitude (G) 11.399±0.003[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 8.619±0.020[3]
Apparent magnitude (H) 8.068±0.026[3]
Apparent magnitude (K) 7.807±0.020[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)51.04±0.26[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 618.065 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: 329.446 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)82.1938 ± 0.0326 mas[2]
Distance39.68 ± 0.02 ly
(12.166 ± 0.005 pc)
Details[5]
Mass0.2414±0.0060 M
Radius0.2617+0.0058
−0.0070
 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.00728±0.00015 L
Surface gravity (log g)5.21±0.07 cgs
Temperature3,296+48
−36
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.32±0.06 dex
Rotation85 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<2 km/s
Age7.0+2.8
−2.2
[6] Gyr
Other designations
GJ 12, G 32-5, L 1154-29, LHS 1050, LP 464-42, LTT 10083, NLTT 786, PLX 42, TOI-6251, TIC 52005579, 2MASS J00154919+1333218[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 12 (GJ 12) is a red dwarf star located 39.7 light-years (12.2 parsecs) away in the constellation Pisces. It has about 24% the mass and 26% the radius of the Sun, and a temperature of about 3,296 K (3,023 °C; 5,473 °F). It is an inactive star and hosts one known exoplanet.[5]

  1. ^ "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. 2 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference GaiaDR3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Cite error: The named reference SIMBAD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Newton2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kuzuhara2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dholakia2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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